Rights Panel in Myanmar Challenged

The pending trial of a prominent dissident underscored the challenges facing Myanmar's fledgling human-rights commission even as it seeks to carve out legal legitimacy.

The submission coincided with the United Nations' International Human Rights Day.The 15-member commission was formed in September 2011 by the president as part of a raft of liberalization overhauls for the once closed country, whose military leadership last year began...